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October 1982 - June 1987: Chemical studies: Inorganic-, organic- and biochemistry, University of Bern
April 1986 - June 1987: Diploma thesis in biochemistry: "Die Rekonstitution von Bakteriorhodopsin mit V8-proteolytischen Fragmenten" PD Dr. H. Sigrist and Prof. P. Zahler, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Bern
July 1987 - July 1990: PhD thesis in molecular biology: "Platelet Molecular Biology: Cloning and Characterization of the Platelet-Specific Genes CTAP-III and GPIb" Prof. K. J. Clemetson, Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern
August 1990 - July 1993: Postdoctoral fellow of the Max-Planck-Society, Dr. P.J. Nielsen and Prof. G. Köhler, Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg i.Bsg., Germany
August 1993 – May 2000: Senior Scientist at the Institute of Physiology, Prof. M. Gassmann and Prof. C. Bauer, University of Zürich
July 20, 1999: Habilitation (Venia legendi in Physiology): "Die Identifizierung Hypoxie-induzierbarer Gene und die Rolle des Transkriptionsfaktors HIF-1 bei deren Aktivierung" Prof C. Bauer and Prof. H. Murer Medical Faculty of the University of Zürich
June 2000 - November 2001: University Lecturer of Physiology on the C2 (Assistant) level (tenured) Research Group Leader “Cellular Physiology” Member of the Medical Faculty of the University of Lübeck, Germany
December 2001 - August 2003: University Professor of Physiology on the C3 (Associate) level (tenured) Research Group Leader “Cellular Physiology” Member of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig, Germany
Since September 2003: University Professor of Physiology on the Ordinarius (Full) level (tenured) Research Group Leader “Cellular Oxygen Physiology”
Member of the Medical Faculty of the University of Zürich since September 2004 Member of the Faculty of Science of the University of Zürich, March 2007 - July 2012 Vice Dean (preclinical studies) of the Medical Faculty, University of Zürich, since November 2009 Chair of the EU COST Action TD0901 HypoxiaNet